Hola Lady La Niña Oregon Winter 2024-2025

[Bobcat Sig]

YAHTZEE!!



It was good to experience some classic, PNW storm action yesterday.

[SchralphMacchio]

What glove/mitten setup are you guys liking for a heavy rain for keeping your hands reasonably warm and dry, and then also not taking forever to dry out (say hanging in an RV near a heating vent)?

I know this is a tech talk question but west slope PNW skiers probably spend more time actually skiing in the rain than other folks …

Also I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to recognize that I don’t have a legit glove setup for rain skiing.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

Snowblower gloves from the hardware store. Some people call them crab gloves. Fleece lined urethane gloves. Usually bright orange. They’re warm enough when it’s wet enough to worry about wet gloves and your hands will be bone dry at the end of the day.


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Yup, if it looks like it’s for an abattoir, that’s the glove you want. Won’t need to dry them out; moisture dies on contact

[river59]

Add full PVC rain suit and skigee to complete the ensemble

[ptavv]

After a million trials I have settled on the ultimate rain glove setup:

Liner gloves (whatever you want, I have some thin merino ones for warm days and the Rab knit primaloft yard ones for cooler ones [they are the best liner gloves ever, tbh])
Temres 282-02 (the black ones with the gauntlet) -- the key to these is to cut out the shitty synthetic knit liner that *never dries*. order them a size up

If it's really pouring or it's really windy or whatever add a pair of waterproof overmitts (the BD ones are good material but the sewing on the hang loops and so on is of poor quality)

[thefortrees]

Add full PVC rain suit and skigee to complete the ensemble

Skigee is the ultimate stocking stuffer

[TBS]

STOP ALL THIS TALK ABOUT UNCRYSTALIZED PRECIPITATION!!!

[MagnificentUnicorn]

Impressively complex solution ptavv, I would suggest just going with the Atlas snowblower gloves from Ace.


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Temps resetting to seasonal levels on the longest darkest day of the year

[Toadman]

The other option is to not ski when the preciptation is non-crystalized.

[Bobcat Sig]

STOP ALL THIS TALK ABOUT UNCRYSTALIZED PRECIPITATION!!!

lol yup. When the r-word starts, I usually double eject into a barstool. I mean, one could ski in liquid precip, buy why? I can also drive my truck with my feet, but it doesn't make it a good idea, ya know?

Temps resetting to seasonal levels on the longest darkest day of the year

Good. Yesterday and today feel weird with all the warmth. Long range looks less warm, but freezing levels don't look all that cooperative. Plenty of moisture, though...

[SchralphMacchio]

The other option is to not ski when the preciptation is non-crystalized.

Not all of us are fortunate to choose or defer our ski time in synchronization with fickle weather … and these days I count most of my kid free ski time in half-hour increments, not days.

Besides, isn’t talking about preparing for rain an anti-jinx?

I’ve heard quite a bit about the Showa Temres gloves in recent days, so now I’m curious enough to try them out. Thanks ptavv!

[ptavv]

Impressively complex solution ptavv, I would suggest just going with the Atlas snowblower gloves from Ace.


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it's sorta complex I guess, but it's also incredibly versatile

I keep a mesh bag in my pack that has two sets of liner gloves and always has the temres (they roll up to an incredibly small size and weigh almost nothing with the garbage liners cut out), on non-rain days if I plan to have my hands in the snow while touring I put them in a pocket so they're easily accessible for whatever I'm up to. with the right liners they're often warm enough to ski in with a lot of dexterity, if I want warmer gloves to ski in using these when digging or wallowing keeps those dry

my hands are either hot and sweating or frozen solid from the moisture of the sweat, so I've settled on layering and versatility

[fatnslow]

After a million trials I have settled on the ultimate rain glove setup:

Liner gloves (whatever you want, I have some thin merino ones for warm days and the Rab knit primaloft yard ones for cooler ones [they are the best liner gloves ever, tbh])
Temres 282-02 (the black ones with the gauntlet) -- the key to these is to cut out the shitty synthetic knit liner that *never dries*. order them a size up

If it's really pouring or it's really windy or whatever add a pair of waterproof overmitts (the BD ones are good material but the sewing on the hang loops and so on is of poor quality)

WTF, if it requires that much prep go do something else !

[Toadman]

Not all of us are fortunate to choose or defer our ski time in synchronization with fickle weather … and these days I count most of my kid free ski time in half-hour increments, not days.

Besides, isn’t talking about preparing for rain an anti-jinx?

I’ve heard quite a bit about the Showa Temres gloves in recent days, so now I’m curious enough to try them out. Thanks ptavv!

I hear you. But I found skiing in rain unfun, so I do not go out to ski when the precip is un-crystalized.

[interloper]

Thou shall not speak of the R word. It is forbidden and ye shall be struck down by the hand of UllR.

[k2skier112]

STOP ALL THIS TALK ABOUT UNCRYSTALIZED PRECIPITATION!!!

^this
It's possible NOT to ski when it's raining

When I was bumping chairs at MHM, a ski schooler girlfriend from CO said "they gave us rain gear, we're supposed to ski in the rain?"

She was from Breck or Keystone, and she said they just closed the area down when it rained

I do push the limits of skiing in the rain, Tuesday I skied until it was less than 50% snow
And I get it , when on vacation, I will ski in conditions I normally wouldn't

[TBS]

Mt Brokenchair was “firm” today after two days of partially crystalized precipitation. At least it was warm so it wasn’t a total ice sheet. But a lot of gravel in the shade.

Summit opened about 0930 and the folks we saw diverting from the groom seemed to be seriously re-examining their decisions.
Text from Interloper around 0945:
“Did Summit it sucks going to CCX”.

The holiday horde is upon us - median skill level today was way below what I’m used to. And nobody wants to look uphill before starting out.

[interloper]

Where is STFUFM when you need him.

[Grizz]

Atlas 282 FTW. If it's warm enough to be raining I don't need a liner glove.

[Toadman]

Went up to Bachelor for a few hours around noon after taking care of some chores this morning. Skied well and the snow was coming down pretty good by 2pm. No lines and light winds.

[river59]

Took my kid up tonight for his first ski lesson. The kid loved it and wants to know when we are heading back up. The fluffy stuff was beginning to pile up as the lifts stopped turning.

It was Jerry city up there! I saw 4 people sledded down the hill in 1 hour standing around the base. A Tesla buried itself in the berm in front of Sahale and a car was on its roof at Tamanawas TH (might have been that same Tesla). Keep your head on a swivel up there.

[Grizz]

A Tesla buried itself in the berm in front of Sahale and a car was on its roof at Tamanawas TH (might have been that same Tesla).

Suprised they didn't follow their gps routing them to Dufur on NF-44.

[river59]

Suprised they didn't follow their gps routing them to Dufur on NF-44.

During spring a few years back I travelled up the 44 from the east side until I hit snow. Skinned up towards lookout for a while and made it back to my car at dark. When I got there, there was a woman covered in blood sitting on my hood crying. Turns out she was taking the scenic route to PDX via dufur and the 44 in her sedan. She high centered it a mile past where I had parked and sliced her hands up trying to dig her way out with sticks and hubcaps. Took me about 2 hours to get her out.

Another time, I got trapped at Billy Bob midwinter when a semi jackknifed across 44 at the old mill site while attempting a 600 point turn. Eventually some other folks showed up coming down from the snow park. We dug for hours in refrozen plow chunder to
Make a path through the forest around the trailer. In the hours we dug, that dipshit driver never left the cab. Told me that Google maps told him that was the way to Sandy.

Have many more similar stories from the forest of sakmania co that involve fewer gps mishaps and much more meth.